Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 180 The Dying Prince
Shi Xun followed out from the yamen, and when he saw Xu Zhiqiong, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Zhiqiong, I asked you to rest for five days, and you haven't made any movement for seven days! This is not right, you have been promoted to the red lantern man, and you have to obey the rules in the future!"

Chen Shuncai said with a smile: "Shi Qianhu, don't criticize anymore, let Xu Hongdeng pack up and follow our house! See what he looks like in the palace with his tattered clothes?"

Xu Zhiqiong went to the hut, changed into the red lantern man's official uniform, carried a lantern, hung up his saber, and was neatly dressed.

Han Chen waited at the door, Xu Zhiqiong lowered his voice and said: "Brother Han, you go to Miss Chang first, she and Miss Shi live in the Fulai Inn, you find a way to break the Gu technique on Miss Shi."

Han Chen glanced at Xu Zhiqiong and asked, "Why does Miss Chang always call herself our family?"

Xu Zhiqiong blinked his eyes: "Our family is just a habit. Brother Han must have been to Goulan, and actors like to call themselves our family."

In Daxuan, actors do have the habit of calling themselves our family.

Han Chen thought for a moment and said, "I haven't been to Goulan very much, but I've heard a lot of operas, but they don't speak in this tone."

The actor called himself our family, and he took people who were less fortunate, and he meant to be indifferent to the world, and his tone was very light.

But the eunuch called himself our family, and said that he was a servant of the royal family, and his tone was slightly smug, obviously different from that of an opera singer.

Han Chen hadn't spoken to eunuchs much before, but Chen Shuncai's tone today was very similar to Chang Decai's.

Xu Zhiqiong knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he comforted Han Chen: "There are some things that don't need to be studied deeply, and there is no harm."

Han Chen shook his head and said, "This matter must be investigated!"

Xu Zhiqiong had no choice but to whisper a few words in Han Chen's ear, and then left.

Han Chen stood in front of Xiaoshe's door, only to feel that the sky darkened in an instant.

Qiao Shun just met Han Chen, and went up to say hello: "Doctor Han, it's been a long time..."

Click!

A thunderbolt struck, causing Qiao Shun to jump three feet on the spot.

"This, this, what is this for!"

Han Chen walked out of the Lantern Yamen without saying a word.

……

Xu Zhiqiong followed Chen Shuncai to the palace, and kept speculating on Chen Shuncai's intentions along the way.

When he came to me, he definitely did not follow the prince's order, but the emperor's order.

Why did the emperor want me to enter the palace?
He definitely didn't want to kill me, and it didn't take so much trouble to kill me, not to mention that he was worried that the true god would be angry.

He should know that I was investigating some things outside, so he locked me in the palace for surveillance first.

But what does this have to do with the prince?
Emperor Zhaoxing's mind was too unpredictable, and he couldn't guess it for a while, let's follow the old eunuch first, and he will know when he sees the emperor.

After entering the palace, it was different from what Xu Zhiqiong thought. He didn't see the emperor, so Chen Shuncai directly sent him to the East Palace.

The prince was lying on the couch with layers of bandages on his body. The moment he saw Xu Zhiqiong, his eyes were moist.

"Okay, okay, good brother, you are here, if, if, if you come later, I won't be able to see you."

what's going on?
Xu Zhiqiong hurried forward and said, "Your Highness, what happened?"

Who hurt the prince like this?
Who dares to hurt the prince?

It seems that in Daxuan Kingdom, only one person dared to hurt him.

Emperor Zhaoxing.

He still murdered the prince!

Seeing the prince dying, Xu Zhiqiong felt sore in his heart.

In front of the Canglong Palace, Xu Zhiqiong fought bloody battles with the soldiers of Prince Huai's mansion. The crown prince once saved him. Xu Zhiqiong will never forget this friendship.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye...

The prince coughed twice, panting and said: "Don't ask what is the matter, you are here, I, I, I feel much more at ease, brother, I have gone through the mortal world once, I have enjoyed all the glory and wealth, and there is nothing in this life pity,
But, can, but there is one person, I, I can't worry about it all the time, I, my princess, just, just entrust it to..."

Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly interrupted the prince, turned to Chen Shuncai and said, "The prince is seriously injured, so it's not easy to disturb, Chen Bingbi, let's talk in another place."

Chen Shuncai smiled bitterly and said: "Xu Denglang, this place cannot be changed, you will live here in the future, His Royal Highness met an assassin."

"Assassin?" Xu Zhiqiong guessed wrong again, this was not done by Emperor Zhaoxing.

Chen Shuncai nodded and said: "Three days ago, an assassin came out of the East Palace, sneaked into the prince's bedroom, killed five guards, and almost hurt the prince!"

"Nearly?" Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise, "The crown prince is injured like this, what are you talking about?"

Chen Shuncai sighed: "Your Highness is alert and escaped from the Eastern Palace when he was in danger. He happened to meet our family. The assassin did not dare to fight our family and escaped from the palace."

Xu Zhiqiong was taken aback: "Then how did His Highness get injured?"

Chen Shuncai looked sad: "His Royal Highness accidentally fell and broke his arm when he was escaping from the East Palace."

"The arm is broken...then what, why is it bandaged like this?"

The prince said with difficulty: "It's autumn, the bag should be thicker, warm, warm..."

I set you up!
If you are not the prince, I will kill you on the spot!
Chen Shuncai said: "Your Majesty asked our family to protect the crown prince, but the crown prince can't trust our family, so he insisted on letting you come. Guarding the palace is originally the responsibility of Ice Well Affairs, and Ice Well Affairs is in your yamen, so Your Majesty agreed to the crown prince." , let you enter the palace immediately, Xu Denglang, I have given you all the instructions, and in the days to come, you just listen to the prince's instructions."

Chen Shun just left.

The prince grabbed Xu Zhiqiong's hand and said in a trembling voice, "Zhiqiong..."

Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to talk to him.

The prince felt that the call was not affectionate enough, and said again: "Qiong!"

Xu Zhiqiong really didn't want to agree, so he turned his face away: "What orders does Your Highness have?"

"Do you know why I called you to the palace?"

Xu Zhiqiong turned his face back: "Your Highness is worried that I'm in danger?"

The prince shook his head and said: "That's not true, I really met an assassin, and I really can't trust others."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "I'm also really curious. What kind of assassin is able to sneak into the East Palace without a sound? You have so many guards under you, and you didn't notice it?"

The prince lowered his voice and said: "What I'm saying is that not only the guards didn't notice it, but even the imperial guards didn't notice it. They came and left as soon as they said it. With such ability, I can still save my life. What do you think?" Is this strange?"

"It's indeed strange," Xu Zhiqiong nodded, "Recently, we have encountered a lot of strange things, and I don't know if these things have anything to do with that assassin."

"What happened to you again?"

Xu Zhiqiong said in the Prince's ear, "I saw a few trees."

The prince was startled, sat up suddenly, and looked at Xu Zhiqiong angrily: "Why do you say such a thing? I asked you to come to let you protect me, so hurry up and do serious things with me."

"What's the real business?"

"Sleeping the princess!"

"Your Highness, don't mess around!"

"Presumptuous, how dare you say I'm messing around! When you come to the East Palace, you have to follow my orders and follow me!"

The crown prince dragged Xu Zhiqiong to the back garden. The East Palace is a miniature version of the imperial palace, and the back garden is full of concubines. Xu Zhiqiong was at a loss as to what to do, and tried to persuade him repeatedly: "Your Highness, you can't go, you really can't go!"

The prince did not allow any arguments, and forced Xu Zhiqiong into the back garden, opened a wing room, and pushed Xu Zhiqiong in.

"Come out, I brought your sweetheart!"

Xu Zhiqiong was startled, could it be that there are acquaintances living here?

A woman came out from behind the screen, smiling sweetly, revealing a dimple.

"This is the princess?" Xu Zhiqiong was dumbfounded.

The prince smiled and said: "This is not the crown princess, the one who will be the crown princess is Sister Lin, this is the second sister Lin, the younger sister of Sister Lin."

Miss Lin?Second Sister Lin's sister?

To be a crown princess, is Sister Lin really a crown princess?

The prince pointed to his ears, and motioned for Second Sister Lin to block her voice.

Second Sister Lin doesn't know how to use the Yin-Yang Formation, but she has her own methods.

"Hearing with the ears may not understand with the heart,
If you don't know your heart, you don't know its meaning.
Hearing the words, all don't understand the meaning. "

Even if someone eavesdrops outside the door, they can't understand what is said in the room.

The prince said: "At the beginning I was afraid that someone would eavesdrop, so I found an onmyoji to help me set up the formation, but I didn't expect that there are many people who understand onmyoji in the palace. It is not difficult to decipher the formation. Second sister Lin is the best method." .”

Lin Qianniang looked at Xu Zhiqiong affectionately, and the crown prince coughed and said, "Anyway, I can't hear you from outside. Are you going to do things first and I will talk about things later, or should I talk about things first and you guys will do things later?"

Lin Qianniang blushed, lowered her head and said, "All follow His Highness's orders."

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the prince: "Is your Highness serious?"

Let me sleep with your sister-in-law, are you serious?

"Really!" The prince looked serious, "Although she is from my palace, I have never touched her. This is my confidant, and one day, I will betroth her to a good family. You can do business here! "

The prince pulled up a chair and watched from the side.

Look, what can I do...

"Let's talk about things first!" Xu Zhiqiong also pulled up a chair and sat down.

Lin Qianniang was a little disappointed, so she had to sit aside.

The prince asked: "You just said how many trees you saw, what kind of trees?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "The same tree as Anshuyuan."

The prince's heart ached, and his cheeks twitched.

"Why do you say it's the same as An Shuyuan?"

"That tree can talk, has roots, and the roots can move."

The prince still didn't believe it: "It may be an illusion created by the Yin Yang family, or it may be a monster raised by Lingxiu's family."

Xu Zhiqiong said again: "I saw four trees in total, and these four trees were formed with more than two thousand human lives."

The crown prince grabbed the skirt of his shirt, and Xu Zhiqiong hit the nail on the head.

"Qiong, do you know what an impermanent blood tree is?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head.

The prince said again: "Do you know what is the way of chaos and impermanence?"

"I just heard that it is one of the evil ways."

The prince looked at the vase on the desk and played with the peonies in the bottle: "It is said that people are not plants, but if you can turn people into plants, this is the way of chaos and impermanence, and in the palace, there is the way of chaos and impermanence." the repairer."

"What did your Highness say?"

"The current queen."

"Isn't the current empress the biological mother of His Highness?"

The prince smiled, but remained silent.

(End of this chapter)